"Andrew Steven "Andy" Brandt" is an United States/American former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL before returning to the club as an assistant coach.

Brandt graduated from Wausau West High School in 2001 and attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he played NCAA Division I college hockey with the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team, scoring 5 goals and 9 assists for 14 points, with 54 penalty minutes, in 130 games.

Brandt's professional career started in 2007 when he joined the Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL after completing his Senior (education)/senior year at the University of Wisconsin.

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If we go out there on our first shift and we bang some bodies or even if we get hit, that gets us into the game right away. If we get the puck in the zone and work down low the first shift of the game, that gives us confidence for the rest of the game and it's something that we can build off.

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We didn't come out and dictate like we needed to do. We sat back after we got the 2-0 lead, and against a team like North Dakota and how hard they work, when we sit back it's hard to come back.

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After we got the 2-0 lead, we stopped dictating.

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If we can go out and provide a spark for our team, then we feel like we're doing on our job.

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